Speedmaster
27 references catalogued, spanning production starts from 1957–2021.
Launched in 1957 as a motorsport chronograph, and the first watch to put the tachymetre scale on the bezel rather than the dial. NASA bought several chronographs off the shelf, subjected them to a qualification programme of heat, vacuum, shock and acceleration, and the Speedmaster was the only one that survived. It has been flight-qualified for every manned NASA mission since 1965.
Collection history
Generations.
1957–1968
Pre-Moon
CK2915, CK2998, 105.003, 105.012, 145.012. Column-wheel calibre 321; the references that flew Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.1968–1996
Calibre 861 era
145.022 onward. Cam-actuated 861 replaces the 321 — more robust, easier to service.1996–2021
Calibre 1861
3570.50 and siblings. Hesalite crystal and solid caseback kept to NASA specification.2021–present
Master Chronometer
310.30.42.50.01.001. Co-axial calibre 3861, METAS-certified, with the dial and case redrawn closer to the 105.012.References
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Oldest to newest
01CK2915Stainless Steel1957–195902CK2998Stainless Steel1959–196203105.003Ed White1963–196904105.012First Moonwatch1964–196805145.012Stainless Steel1967–196906145.022Stainless Steel1968–198807145.022-69Tropical Brown1969–197108ST 145.014Stainless Steel1969–197209145.0022Stainless Steel1981–198810ST 376.0822Stainless Steel1987–1988113590.50Stainless Steelfrom 1988123592.50Stainless Steel1989–1995133570.50Stainless Steel1996–2014143572.50Stainless Steel1996–200315311.30.42.30.01.006Stainless Steel1996–2021163578.51Stainless Steel2003–2003173539.50Stainless Steel2006–200918326.30.40.50.01.001Stainless Steel2012–present19311.30.42.30.01.005Stainless Steel2014–202120311.32.42.30.04.003Stainless Steel2015–201521311.30.40.30.01.001Stainless Steelfrom 202022310.30.42.50.01.001Stainless Steel2021–present23310.30.42.50.01.002Stainless steelfrom 202124310.32.42.50.02.001Stainless Steel2021–present25326.32.40.50.04.001—Record pending26311.92.44.51.01.007CeramicRecord pending27311.30.42.30.13.001Stainless SteelRecord pending
References without production years are catalogued but do not yet carry a verified production record. Those fields are added as they are confirmed rather than estimated.